>> that is it, four more years. this morning, your votes are being counted, your voice being heard, and president obama will serve another term in the white house. it was a night full of energy. >> it was. >> good morning, thank you for joining us. i'm jon kelley. >> no doubt that energy will continue. two men, two political parties. with two different reaction to one election result. for one, victory. for the other, defeat. in a long-fought race. >> this is a time of great challenges for america and i pray that the president will be successful in guiding our nation. >> very interesting to see and hear, with 92% of the precincts reporting. barack obama, 59%. mitt romney with 39%. this morning, a new chapter in american history. guided by the man who first took charge of the white house four years ago. "today in the bay's" tracie potts in chicago this morning.

where the president is wake up sure a second term. >> reporter: they're breaking down here after that big party last night in chicago. back in walk the president had some rebuilding to do. he talked about that last nightness victory speech. he talked about that last night in his victory speech. a burst of emotion. the moment the race was called. early this morning, celebrations around the country, from new york to los angeles and the white house, where president will spend four more years. >> whether i earned your vote or not, i have listoned to you. i have learned from you. and you've made me a better person. we are not as divided as our politics suggest. we are greater than the sum of our individual ambition, and we remain more than a collection of red states and blue states. we are and forever will be the united states of america!

>> reporter: his speech came after a call from mitt romney who told supporters in boston he gave it his all. and insisted washington must come together. >> the nation, as you know, is at a critical point. at a time like this, we can't risk partisan bickering. our leaders have to reach across the aisle to do the people's work. >> that is a legacy we honor and applaud tonight. >> reporter: the president won the slim majority in key states, ohio, pennsylvania, wisconsin, iowa, colorado, new hampshire. virginia and nevada weren't called until early this morning, after he was declared the projected winner. still outstanding, florida, where, at 2:00 a.m., people were still in line, voting. florida still counting that

vote, not to mention, we're told thousands of absentee ballots that haven't even been touched yet. it could be this afternoon before we know how florida voted. that's the latest, i'm tracie potts. >> with president obama solidified for another four years, california public schools no longer in limbo. prop 38 which would have raised funds for schools by increasing taxes on a sliding scale, this one has failed. overnight, prop 30 does pass. prop 30 is governor brown's personal tax initiative. this one will increase taxes on earnings over $250,000 for seven years. it will raise the sales tax by a quarter percent for four years. and it will fund public schools and public safety realignments. for more on prop 30, the devastating cuts that are avoided, let's turn things over to christy smith. live in sacramento and she has more on governor brown's big-time victory out there. good morning. >> reporter: good morning.

this is a big win for governor jerry brown. he had to overcome long-term anti-tax sentiment that's been going on here in california. but he told supporters that in the end proposition 30 basically sold itself. he said that at an election night party, governor brown took the stage as prop 30 gained a slim lead last late night. it had support in the bay area, along the coast and los angeles. inland areas actually rejected it. he had promised that rejecting it would trigger $6 billion in cuts to schools starting as early as january. but critics argued that brown put schools out front while the money would have also gone elsewhere. supporters were pretty wide. they included teachers and other union members. >> what a wide coalition. people who would not otherwise agree on many things came together. they came together for many reasons. but a core reason that brought

people together is support of proposition 30. the belief in our schools. >> reporter: governor brown had a lot at stake here. in many ways, put his reputation on the line. he had many skeptics including anti-tax groups. but it worked. he is expected to talk about the results at a press conference here at the state capital at 11:00 this morning. reporting live in sacramento, christy smith, "today in the bay." >> 6:05. among other propositions, proposition 37. it appears its failed. it would have required companies to label genetically engineered foods. it would have banned companies from marketing genetically altered foods or other processed foods as natural. taking a look there, prop 37's actual numbers. 53% voting against it. 47% voting in favor with 92% of

the precincts reporting. >> meantime, in the south bay, we're getting results of some of the big races there. the re-election of rose herrera to district 8 and the measure that would increase minimum wage. live in san jose, outside mayor chuck reed's house with the result of the races and some reaction from the mayor himself. >> reporter: good morning. let's first go over those numbers. incumbent district eight council woman rose herrera did beat out challenger jimmy nguyen. she took over 50% of the vote. mayor chuck reed of san jose's with us this morning. she's considered an ally of yours, fiscal reform. what message are you taking from this? >> it's certainly a big win for fiscal reforms.

because governor employee unions launched an all-out attack. trying to reverse what the voter's approved in june. the pension reform. this is a big day for the people of san jose and beginning to restore services as we save money on all these pension reforms. >> measure e would allow casinos to add card tables. that was defeated. a majority of voters said no. around 40% said yes. you did have a neutral stance. but personally, you did vote for it. your argument being, it would add tax revenue. opponents saying it's going to add too much crime. what's your response? >> we could use additional revenues. there's no doubt we need to restore services in the city of san jose. i was neutral on it because i didn't think it would make much difference. i didn't think it would have an increase in crime or significant increase in revenues. the voters obviously didn't want to approve it if it wasn't going to increase revenues.

>> the minimum wage hike did pass. 58% of voters have approved. that's going to add $2 to minimum wage in the city. this is a measure up against. >> i didn't want people to lose jobs. but voters get the last word on these matters. >> mayor chuck reed, thank you very much, it's good to see you this morning. outside the mayor's house. >> that's a good get. we toss it over to christina to talk about the weather that's going down. >> yeah, it's cool out there. hopefully chuck reed's brewing up some nice coffee for our reporter. a foggy golden gate bridge. the fog has returned. the natural coolant is back on. we're going to see temperatures tumble today by about 10, maybe 20 degrees in some instances from yesterday's high.

352 degrees in napa. 55 degrees in san francisco. that will bring us from the 90s to the 70s. 49 degrees in livermore for today. future cast tells the story. mostly cloudy. we continue that stop for you. at about noon today, mostly sunny conditions. but limited sunshine for the first part of the day is going to bring temperatures down. it all works out like this. 68 degrees, bay side. seven-day outlook ready to go in that next report. we're going to time out the rain showers right to your doorstep. first, your drive. >> you see the second wave kicking in. that's the northbound slowing. this is the portion where i put that yellow arrow. looking north from capital expressway, slow all the way to the airport. slowing for 87. southbound 17 is a concern. ambulance, fire crew on scene. block two lanes but no slowing. i'm following details on the

injuries. the traffic flow is light heading that way now. we'll track this. meanwhi meanwhile, the bay bridge toll plaza. the metering lights have been turned on. back to you. >> always hate to hear major accidents like that, thank you, mike. coming up, ballot measures blazing a trail for marijuana users. some expert analysis on the two states now set up for a showdown with the federal government. california cash helped get president obama re-elected. now time perhaps for some pay back. we'll take a look at business news. waiting for the sun to come up over the south bay. taxes going up. just one of the election stories we're covering. we're back in two minutes. here are a few more results from the election. what are you doing there?

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my prediction is obama will win with 303 electoral votes. that's based on the projections i've seen. >> we've been calling him a political expert but maybe, just maybe, we should start calling him a sooth sayer. his spot on prediction. today, he is back with his crystal ball. he joins us in our studio. >> i told him i'm calling him mr. 303 now. you're a poly sci professor at the university. >> if you look at my fantasy football team, you would call it

not so much. i really just followed nate silver and some of the prejex p and models that were based on data. >> so humble. obama's in the white house for four more years. what does he need to do come january? >> he needs to work hard to bring the parties together. it remains to be seen whether or not winning this election will convince some of the members of congress to come together with the president and work with him on some solutions. i think the president will want to meet the republicans halfway. if they don't want to meet him any part of the way, that's going to be rather difficult. we have to see if they're willing to budge. >> beyond the presidency, voters nationwide taking the stand. perhaps washington state. voting to legalize gay marriage. do you expect the supreme court to step in now? >> i think on the gay marriage issue the supreme court will have to step in and address some questions. there's a constitutional issue

of the full faith and credit clause. where the defense of marriage act says if you get married in massachusetts and you move to another state, they don't have to recognize that. i think ultimately the court will have to weigh in and say does the full faith and credit clause mandate they're going to have to recognize that? as far as the marijuana issue, this may be sort of a bell weather. on a national level. that opinions seem to be changing about the issue of marijuana. we may look back and say this was a watershed moment. that when washington passes something like this, rest of the nation has to pay attention. >> specifically colorado and washington state. voters there legalizing the recreational use of marijuana. you touched on drug cartels and their take on this. >> a lot of what i've heard, the mexican drug cartels do not like this. when you can suddenly grow marijuana in washington, that's going to cut in their business. and it wouldn't surprise me if they had been funding the no on that measure. so we'll have to see what happens with that. it may become a vacation spot for many people like amsterdam

or something. i think that's what some of the voters were afraid of. they don't want marijuana tourism. we'll have to see what the impact is. >> okay, mr. 303, you're off the hook for now. >> thank you very much. till the super bowl. >> till the super bowl. >> if you're just waking up with us this morning, here's a quick check at some of the day's top stories. including taking a look at some of the propositions as well. this was the governor's initiative for education. it was a close one. but it passed. 54% against 46%, 94.8 of the precincts reporting. we are hoping to hear from governor jerry brown at 11:00 this morning as he is holding a news conference. >> prop 36 also passing. this is the three strikes law. the modification of the three strikes law imposing life sentences only if new felony convictions are serious or violent and allows for sentencing for those in prison

for a week. third strike. >> now measure d. the soda tax. look at that. it certainly fizzled. 68% voting against it. 32% in favor of it. that's what 32% of the precincts reporting. >> president as we know, we saw him come out here a lot, collecting millions for his campaign. he spent nearly none of it right here in the golden state. >> scott mcgrew, silicon valley, would like to see some of that payback. >> pundits called this the atm. the president would come here for funds. so yes, silicon valley would like its recognition. one of high tech's top priorities, immigration reform. allowing more highly skilled, highly educated workers to come into america, california specifically. a little trivia for you. no company in california donated more money per employee than google. as a general rule, wall street supported the other guy.

as i mentioned yesterday, anticipated, really, that mr. obama would be re-elected. so don't look for a whole lot of shockers on the market. next on the agenda, the fiscal cliff. we are 55 days away from that. a victory of sort for twitter this morning. the number of tweets went to the hundreds of thousands per minute. twitter stayed alive. president obama acknowledged his win on twitter even before the networks did. this all happened because of you he said. on our list of things not to worry about thisget ing busted for taking a picture of your ballot. in california, that's illegal. california 14276 says after the ballot is marked, a voter shall not show it to any person in such a way as to reveal its contents. that law written way before instagram but showing your ballot, even if you're okay with

it, not okay in california. >> well, what would our forefathers say. thank you very much. >> they'd probably tweet out what they thought. >> lincoln would get a lot of followers. >> it looks like that cool weather you predicted is coming our way. we have to get ready for it. >> feel free to tweet about that all you want or just post yourself bundled up on my face book page. temperatures are crisp to start. a return of the low clouds all the way to san jose. we only have about 2 1/2 miles of visibility. so travel cautiously. the natural coolant has been turned on. on shore flow carrying in that cool ocean air all day long. 55 degrees in san francisco. we're at 49 in livermore. let's get right to the story of the day. a.m. fog and drizzle. that's going to make way for the second half of the day. with limited sun for the first part of the day, 10 to 15 degree drop, 20 degree drop in the case

for gilroy. thursday, the rain arrives. we'll time that out for you in a moment. feeling like winter for the next couple of days. highs only in the 50s. very low snow levels expected. if we get any moisture on friday morn, expecting our first dusting of snow over mount hamilton. 9:00 a.m. we stop the clock for you tomorrow morning. getting a little bit of rain up in santa rosa. we continue that at noon. greater bay area starting to get wet. we stop at one more time for you. then it's going to be spotty, active, through the first part of your friday. 74 degrees today in livermore. 68 in freemont. 68 in oakland. 67, san francisco. comfortable. very fall-like. right on track with our seasonal averageses for one day only. look at the drop-off. 57 degrees on friday. a showery commute. saturday, we're expecting a few residual showers. sunday into monday, starting to warm up. getting downright nice as we head to next week.

let's see how your drive is. >> the east shore freeway, we've watched conditions change. we can still see a couple of miles. visibilities for drivers is okay. look at the volume build. a concern for east bay as i show you the map. it's the east shore freeway, normal flow. look at this, countercommute, eastbound 24. there's a new accident just showing up on the side of that single eastbound bore. reports of a big rig that has turned over. now all lanes are blocked. chp has to head over there and get those results. we see some slowing heading to arenda. only one bore and that could change the flow of traffic if they have to open a middle bore. we'll bring you updates as chp gets on scene and sorts things out. a live look outside. we'll show you how things are shaping up for freemont. this is southbound 880. a lighter volume. keep that in mind. back to you. >> 6:21. coming up, a check of today's top nonelection stories,

including an alert for parents. a teenage girl fights off an attacker. how you can help police in their search to track down the suspect. >> right now, a live look at the white house. that is where president obama will return after glowing and basking in the glow in chicago. ♪

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the time now is 6:25. time to get you up to speed on nonelection stories. oakland police warning parents of a recent abduction attempt. a suspect allegedly grabbed a 14-year-old girl near 103rd avenue and international boulevard. he then tried to pull her over to a waiting getaway car. she was able to escape. >> sad ending to the search for a missing redwood city man. volunteers combing the hills found 74-year-old george slitter yesterday morning. he was in a ravine. the nuclear engineer was missing since sunday morning. he was at a retreat with friends and they suspected he may have gone on a hike alone and became disoriented. >> that is very unfortunate.

6:25 now. a busy day electionwise. busy day on the roads. >> we don't like to hear anything about the tunnel except for smooth drive but that's not what we have right now. we have the east shore freeway approaching the bay bridge. that's a typical bridge here. some low clouds drifting through. just watch out for these. so far, traffic moves smoothly. away from the bay bridge to the tunnel. this is an issue. eastbound has a single bore going that direction. your commute has two bores going westbound. that single eastbound bore, reports are that direction is blocked by a big rig. it lost its trailer. up to six cars may have hit that. so quite a bit of issue going on as you're heading out over the oakland side in towards arennda. we have to sort out exactly what's going on and whether or not they're going to change direction for one of those bores. that's going to reduce your commute, causing a big backup here. the south bay shows a good deal

of slowing. northbound 101, 87 and 85. it's building now and adding concern. a live look shows you low clouds drifting through. here's your san jose shot. back to you. >> all right, thanks so much, mike. >> 6:27 now. still ahead, four more years. that's the chant. the reaction of the country. the choice to keep president obama in office. >> a live look outside. hazy start across much of the bay. changing the work as well. we've been spoiled by warmer temperatures. they're going to see a little rain in the forecast. we'll look at that coming up. alright let's break it down.

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voters give president a second term and a second chance. how the president plans to overcome challenges ahead coming up in a live report. >> we'll soon get a chance to see how the election results affect things on wall street. as we ring the bell. time to get going. feel good on this wednesday,

november 7th. this is "today in the bay." >> whether i earned your vote or not, i have listened to you. i have learned from you. and you've made me a better president. >> the same leadership in the white house for the next four years. the confetti still falling as we speak. good morning, everybody. >> the long and at times difficult road to the white house now over. president obama will continue serving as the commander in chief for another four years. the president's opponent mitt romney called president obama to congratulate him before taking the stage in boston to publicly concede defeat. >> the nation, as you know, is at a critical point. at a time like this, you can't risk partisan bickering and political posturing.

our leaders have to reach across the aisle to do the people's work. >> democrats still concern the senate but republicans are still the majority in the house. for more, let's turn to tracie potts live in chicago, illinois, where the president is waking up a winner today. good morning, tracie. >> good morning. it's that realality the president will face, the same divided congress. all of this after being the projected winner of this race. the president ended up with the majority of the popular vote. 50% to 48%. as well as the most electoral votes. more than 300. he only needed 270. and it's those numbers that really show a divided nation. part of what he addressed when he came out on stage with his family last night. and accepted the election, in winning this election, president obama said that we've got to go

back to washington, democrats and republican, and work hand-in-hand, and that people in this country are not necessarily as far apart as they may think. >> we are not as divided as our politics suggest. we are greater than the sum of our individual ambition, and we remain more than a collection of red states and blue states. we are and forever will be the united states of america! >> this was a tight race. it was one governor romney said he put his whole heart into. in his concession speech last night, he also said that they've got to work together in washington. president obama said he'd like to sit down with governor romney and talk about that. we are live in chicago. breaking down here at obama headquarters. i'm tracie potts for "today in the bay." >> i'm sure you could use a

little extra rest, go get some, please. many states reporting fewer people actually showed up to the polls than back in 2008. polling experts say there are a number of factors, including voters being turned off by all that nasty campaigning we saw for a very long time. some people just did not have the time to cast their ballot following the aftermath of superstorm sandy. now, a lone bright spot, more people voted early or by mail than back in 2008. >> two long-term california congress women up for election this year. feinstein clearly taking the majority of that. in the house of representatives, mind leader pelosi went up against republican john dennis. she of course took that as well. another hard fought race in the house is between two democrats in the east bay's 15th district. 80-year-old incumbent pete stark

who had been serving since 1973 challenged by eric swalwell. you see the numbers there. 31-year-o 31-year-old, prosecutor, 150 people gathered in pleasanton in support of swalwell. he tells us he appreciates the enthusiasm. >> the support reflects the effort right behind us here. >> his campaign manager says they're waiting till all votes are counted to conceit defeat. >> we can tell you public school funding no longer hanging in the balance statewide. those results are in for the tax initiative. we'll look at the state capital where the governor is celebrating for victory on his prop 30. it is the governor's tax initiative. this is on earnings over

$250,000 for individuals for seven years. and it will raise the sales tax by a quarter sent for four years. it will also fund public schools and public safety realignment. that means schools will not have to face $6 billion in triggered cuts. christy smith is at the state capital. she'll have an update on all this, including prop 30. that will happen in about 15 minutes. >> a lot of people across the area have been pleased with the weather. that may continue. let's check in with christina. >> a nice day shaping up. temperatures are chilly to start. 54 degrees in napa. we're now two minutes away from your official sunrise. you're not going to see much of it. full deck clouds over the greater bay area. we're expecting the clouds to be

the most extensive between 7:00 and 9:00. we're expecting sunshine throughout the entire day. it's going to be cloudy from freemont to oakland and san francisco. 74 degrees at 4:00 p.m. inland. you'll be at about 68 degrees bay side. we've got rain on the way. we'll time that out for you. and much cooler weather. let's talk to mike about the drive. multivehicle crash. >> a number of cars and one big rig trailer involved. the toll plaza pretty normal as far as the flow of traffic. patches low clouds and fog a concern through the vicinity. we show you the flow of traffic heading to the bridge. that's okay. away from the bridge and the maze, eastbound 24, a concern, showing a big slowdown off highway 13 and even bigger in your commute direction out into

the two westbound bores. your single eastbound bore is blocked by this accident involving the big rig. and up to six other vehicles. if you're still getting there, it sounds like a fire crew may be out there as well. a big distraction. i'll let you know as we get details. meanwhile, looking outside, we see things moving smoothly but low clouds affecting your drive. christina talked about that fog hitting the peninsula. about 7:00. looks like we're on schedule for that as well. >> the time now is 6:37. still ahead, this is a big issue in berkeley. will you be able to sit on the sidewalk in certain neighborhoods? the voters weigh in just ahead. >> plus, becoming the first city in the nation to tax businesses that sell sugary drinks and soda. your numbers from overnight next. ♪

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be happy. be healthy. right now, back to decision 2012. we have a look at local ballot measures which have a broad impact. we will look at berkeley measure s which appears to be passing. measure s bans sitting or lying on sidewalks or commercial districts from 7 in the morning to 10 at night. city ambassadors will be out there encouraging offenders to just move along if they find people sitting or lying. if that fails, police will write up a $75 citation which can be worked off through community service or counseling sessions. right now, we have a look at

that. the measure s and voting yes, 51% there against 49% voting no, with 94% of the districts in. so that one looks like it will likely be passing. >> now moving on to richmond's measure n which would have made richmond the first city in the country to impose a tax on restaurants and businesses that sell sugary drinks. will likely fizzle. businesses will be charged an extra penny per ounce on drinks sweetened with sugar. the soda drinks. measure incourages the city counsel to spend the money on programs to reduce childhood own beesty. there you take a look at our leaderboard. 32% of precincts reporting there. >> it is 6:41. two high tension races in the east bay and in the south bay. [ boy 1 ] hey! that's the last crescent.

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turning back to decision 2012. we take a live look at the state capitol. this morning, a new political landscape as a result from election day. in oakland, we're getting the

results. rebecca kaplan being challenged for her sport by ignacio de la fuente. giving up his district five seat after 20 years to go for that at large seat. kaplan taking the lead. in the meantime, san jose has a hot race of its own. herrera holding on to her seat against challenger jimmy nguyen. she supported a pension measure that voters approved back in june. >> i'm going to reach out to people. i think it's really important that we heal whatever wounds have been open in this race. and there are some. but i'm somebody who can forgive and forget and move on. >> we'll have much more decision 2012 coverage just ahead.

first, want to check the forecast. christina loren. >> easier numbers to predict. it was a tight one. hopefully, you had a chance to get out there yesterday and vote. gilroy hit 92 yesterday. yeah, smashing records in some locations. a very foggy, low clouds coming in as we speak. the fog most wide spread till about 9:00. 55 degrees, san francisco. 50 in concord. livermore, 49. we've got rain on the way. let's time that system out. we stop the clock right at 9:00 a.m. first showers up in santa rosa. accompanying these showers, very cold air. temperatures only ending up in the 50s. as we head to the next couple of days.

we go to 3:00, starting to get some showers in the bay. and then cold on friday morning. we could see some snow, expecting a better chance of that on friday. a beautiful fall-like day. the only day where we're not going to see those extremes we had to deal with in the first part of the week. 74 degrees in livermore. 50s return for tomorrow. friday, the coolest day. it is going to be chilly. saturday, a few residual showers early will make way to 60s on sunday. close to 70 degrees next week. let's check on that drive. serious collision in the oakland area. >> this may be an issue complicated by the conditions you're talking about. here's the south bay. low clouds and fog an issue for many drivers.

fog may be a little thicker farther south from there. we have slowing for 101. 87 and 85 all very slow through the south bay. we're looking at southbound 880 as well. very thick patches of fog. tough to see there. it's almost impossible to see in some spots past the golf course. i don't have specifics on the lane being blocked but we have slowing at the interchange. and very slow east 24. this is what christina was talking about. a number of cars have hit a big rig trailer. and now the eastbound direction was reported blocked for a number of minutes, almost 20 minutes now. i'll bring you an update once cnn hp clarifies. now, the commute very slow.

and the maze with a typical build-up. the live looks should show you the issue. anywhere beyond that maze, just keep that in mind. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. we get back to politics. measure e passing easily. >> that's the payroll tax issue. scott mcgrew says it's good for business or at least some businesses. >> it depends how big you are. e got rid of the payroll tax. mayor ed lee rather famously suspended that tax for twitter to convince that company to stay. e was backed by angel investor conway who's been instrumental, really changed the face of san francisco honestly from a famously business unfriendly city to a place to make money. so this per employee tax is replaced with gross receipts tax. you're no longer taxed on how many people you have, you're

taxed on how much money your business makes. if you're a tech company with lots of employees, that's great. if you're the opposite, a doctor's office with just four or five employees and a lot of income, it's not necessarily a big win for you. wps, the markets are lower this morning. the dow industrials down 166 points. nasdaq down 36 as well. this is a reaction to the election. but more a concern about the fiscal cliff. if there's a democrat in the white house and a republican in the white house, can they get along well enough to absorb that fiscal cliff? we're 55 days away. back to you. >> thank you very much. >> we'll continue our decision coverage with the presidential race. >> we have picked ourselves up. we have fought our way back. and we know in our hearts for the united states, the best is

yet to come. president waking up a big-time winner. a big time vote of confidence and go ahead for the second term. >> we thought we might be standing here this morning, saying we have no idea who the next president is going to be. that is not the case. late last night, on the east coast, we found out that president obama had won enough electoral votes to clinch this election. >> there's still a few battleground states outstanding. is there a feeling of any surprises over exactly which state supports obama over

romney? >> the first one that went for obama was president. they had a big ground game there. big strong democratic strong hold. maybe a surprise for the romney campaign because they had a last-minute bid for that state and it just didn't work for them. new hampshire, smaller state. it's where governor romney started his success. it's where he chose to end his campaign. and they did not go for him. then wisconsin. an area where romney had hoped to win and the president took that one. >> finally time to rest for both camps. >> well deserved. in california, public schools statewide waking up to the results of prop 30. he's been championing this one and it has passed. that will increase taxes on

earners. over $250,000 for a total of seven years. it will raise the quarter cent. for more on prop 30, let's check in with "today in the bay's" christy smith in sacramento where governor brown has got to be feeling like a champ. >> reporter: this has been a long, hard fight for governor brown. also trying to overcome strong anti-tax sentiment from california voters. he sounded confident though. coming out as the measure finally took a slim lead. the governor had repeatedly said by rejecting prop 30, it would trigger $6 billion in cuts to schools. the school year might be shortened. critics had argued that the state should make do with the money it has but voters nudged

it forward. >> we have a vote of the people. a state actually said let's raise our taxes for our kids, for our schools. >> now, proposition 30 temporarily raises the sales tax and increases income tax on those making over $250,000 a year. so a big victory for the governor. he is expected to talk about the outcome at a press conference this morning. christy smith, "today in the bay." >> among the other issues, three ballot measures related to law enforcement. two successful, including proposition 36, which will revise the state's three strikes law. life sentences will only be given if the new felony is serious or violent. convicted offenders may be resentenced if their third strike conviction was not serious or violent.

>> also successful was prop 35. as we take a look at the prop 36 results there. successful, prop 35 as well. that increases fines for human trafficking convictions and it will require convicted human traffickers to register as sex offenders. that one is a very strong showing. 81%. a landslide victory for prop 35. and that one, again, voicing their opinions. prop 34 also would repeal the death penalty. and that one has failed. moving right along, the man who called this race with expert precision and preciseness right on the money. here's our own political analyst. he's sitting in the studio. let's give it up. >> we're talking about the

presidential race. we put you on the spot yesterday, asked your predictions. take a look. >> my prediction is obama will win with 303. >> you heard him yesterday. president obama did in fact win with 303 electoral votes. it could change when the florida results come back. >> we still have 29 electoral votes that are pending. we'll have to see. i projected florida would go for romney. right now apparently the president has a slight lead in the vote counts. we'll have to see how that plays out. >> how is obama going to make any sort of change? >> i think his speech last night was trying to accomplish some of that and sort of reach out and say we've got to come together as americans. we've had a tough fight. we've had a struggle for the presidency. now we need to set aside differences and get some things

done for the american people. whether or not some members of congress will listen to him remains to be seen. they answer to their local constituencies. so there's always some tension between the president and congress. >> here in california, a few interesting propositions. we just heard from christy smith. certainly helps education. you didn't expect it to win by such a margin. >> it seems all the polls suggested it was going to be close. i know the governor was sweating it out. he was trying to get some support for it. it was very close. i thought it was going to be closer than it was. >> okay, jim, thanks so much for your insight. >> all right, thank you very much, both of you. this morning, the overnight results are in for some of the south bay's biggest ballot measures. among them, expanding card rooms. he has results and mayor chuck reed's reaction. >> yesterday, the election was a victory for minimum wage work

erbs here in the south bay. measure did way a majority of precincts reporting appears to have passed. close to 42% have said no. with the presumed passage, the hourly wage for work erbs in the city will go up by $2 an hour. those for measure d argued this was a moral necessity given how expensive it is to live in silicon valley. opponents say it will force companies to cut back on hiring. >> there are going to be thousands of people who get a pay raise but thousands of people will lose their jobs. those minimum wage jobs are really important. but the voters have spoken. we will carry out the will of the people. >> reporter: measure e.

this was the card room measure in san jose with most precincts reporting. it is losing a majority of voters. close to 60% said no. measure e would have allowed san jose two card rooms. casino matrix and bay 101. resulting in more tax revenue for the city. which is one reason why reed voted for that measure. opponents say as much as $5 million more a year. opponents argued the card rooms would have added more crime. >> reporting live in san jose, "today in the bay." >> it's interesting to see all the results in this morning. of course, the "today" show is coming up next. they will have continuing coverage this morning of decision 2012. >> everybody talked about barack obama back in for another four years. it will be interesting to see if he can finally get congress to move like bill clinton did when he was re-elected. >> we're going to be the ones covering it for yous